28 - An unexpected dinner

Nathan returns with the order that Madelyn had placed.

"Do you need anything else?" he asks the woman at the table behind us.

"No, thank you," her voice sounded sweet, unlike what I was accustomed to facing.

"Okay. Just let me know if you need anything," Nathan returns to the counter and I watch his path, stopping my gaze at Gregory, who was also giving me a curious look from the other side of the counter, surely because Madelyn was in his café.

I stand up from the couch and walk up to the counter where Gregory was standing.

"You're... "

"Surprised to see Madelyn Chapelle in my café? Yes. Definitely yes," he says incredulously. "She never comes here. Not after I bought the place."

"What do you think she's doing here?"

"Based on what you told me about her, would it be naïve of me to think she only came to try one of the best cappuccinos in town?"

Our gaze was focused on her. I lean against the counter, intrigued. Looking at her, seeing her alone, with a downcast expression on her face,